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CaGeO3

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 1999

V₀
206.49
ų
Unit cell
K₀
194
GPa
Isothermal
K′
6.100
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
206.49 ų Unit cell

Reported value and unit are preserved as extracted. Z (formula units per cell) is not stored yet, so molar ↔ ų/f.u. conversion is not applied automatically.

Composition

OxideMolar
CaO1
GeO21

Formula: CaGeO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
0.000 GPa
Structure
orthorhombic perovskite (Pbnm/Pnma)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction (diamond-anvil cell, quartz internal pressure standard), weighted-least-squares fit to P-V data
Sample
single crystals synthesized at 10 GPa and 1000 °C in a multi-anvil press at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut from CaGeO3 wollastonite

Source

Paper
Compression of CaTiO 3 and CaGeO 3 perovskites
Authors
Nancy L. Ross; R. J. Angel
DOI
10.2138/am-1999-0309
Year
1999
Journal
American Mineralogist
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

For CaGeO3, this analysis yields V0 = 206.490 ± 0.017 ų, K_T.0 = 194.0 ± 2.1 GPa, and K' = 6.1 ± 0.5 with a χ²w = 1.1 and ΔPmax = 0.03 GPa.

Additional notes

P max GPa
8.553
measured ambient unit cell volume
206.484(18) ų at 0.0001 GPa (Table 1)
chi2 w
1.1
delta P max
0.03 GPa
axial moduli
Ka = 195 ± 5 GPa (K'a = 6.9 ± 1.2), Kb = 188 ± 4 GPa (K'b = 5.0 ± 0.9), Kc = 204 ± 3 GPa (K'c = 5.3 ± 0.6), from linear Murnaghan EoS fits to axes
comparison ultrasonic Ks
Ks = 198 ± 15 GPa (Liebermann et al. 1977)
lower mantle relevance
analogue framed in context of lower-mantle silicate perovskites MgSiO3 and CaSiO3